System Level Evaluation of LTE-V2V Mode 4 Communications and Its Distributed Scheduling

The 3GPP has recently published the first version of the Release 14 standard that includes support for V2V communications using LTE sidelink communications (referred to as LTE-V, LTE-V2X, LTE-V2V or Cellular V2X). The standard includes a mode (mode 4) where vehicles autonomously select and manage the radio resources without any cellular infrastructure support. This is highly relevant since V2V safety applications cannot depend on the...